The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-05-11
Patrons of Husbandry.
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Profoundly impressed with the trutl
thai th, National Grange of the mite,
States >hoad detinitciy proclaim To the
world il general objects, we hereh,
unanimously make this Declaration d
Purposes of the Patrons of llu,baudry.
Gr\rG,t uBJrcrN.
l. United hy the strong and faithfH
tie af Agriculture. We mutually rs>ol
tU hbor for the good Of our order,
country and mankind.
. We heartily endorse the M
In essentials. unity in non-eS>ci# :
liberty; in all things, charity
SPECIFIC oBJEeIs.
g. We shall endcuvor 10 advance our
cause by hborng 10 accomplish the FOL.
lowing objects
To develop a better and higher man
hood and womanhpod among ourselves
To enhance the comforts and attractions
of our homes, aud strengthen our attach
mcuts to our pursuits To foster mutual
understanding and corporations to main
tain inYiolate our laws, aud to emulate
each other in labor to hasten the good
time coming; to reduce our expenses,
both ndiSidnal and corporate; to buy less
and produce more in order to make our
farms Sclf-su>taining; 10 diversity our
crops and crop no more than we eau cul-
tiVatc; to condcnsc the weight Of our eN-
ports selling less in the bushel and more
on hoof aud in fleece, less IN lint aud
more in warp and NOOf to >NStemiZe our
work, and calculate inlclligcntly on prob
abilities; to disconntcnanCc the credit
system, the mortgage system, the fashion
system and every other Kind OF system
tending to prodigality and bankruptcy,
We propose meeting together, talking
together, working together. Buying To
gclher, selling together and, in general,
acting together for our mutual protection
and n lNanCcmcnt, As occasion nay re-
qure We shall avoid litigation IL much
as possible by arbitration in the grange.
We shall constantly strive to secure en-
tire harmony, goodwill, Vital brotherhood
among ourselves, and to make our Order
perpetual We shall earnestly endcayor
To suppress personal, local, sectional and
national prejudices, all unhealthy rivalry,
all selfish ambition Faithful adherence
to these principles will insure our mental,
moral, social, and material advancement
BUSINESS RELATIONS.
I. For our business interests we de
sire to bring producers and consumers
farmers and manufacturers into the most
direct and friendly relations possible
fence, we must dispense with surplus
middemcn not that we are unfrcndly tu
them, but we do not need them. Thcil
surplus and their eXa 'tion> diminish our
profits.
We wage no progressive warfare
against any other interests whatever.
ON the contrary, all our acts and all onl
efforts so far aS business l. concerned
are not only for the benefit of the pro
duccr and consumer, but also for all other
interests that tend to bring the tive
parties into speedy and economical con
tact. Hence we hold that transportation
companies of every kind are necessary to
our success, that their interests are in
tiInately connected with our interests,
and harmonious action is mutually advan-
tagcous, keeping in view the first sen
tcncc in our declaration of principles of
action, that "lndividual happiness de-
ponds on general prosperity.
We shall, therefore, advocate for every
State the increase in every practicable
way, of all facilities for transporting
chcaply to the sea board, or between
home producers and consumers, all TIL,
productions of our country. We adopt it
rs our fixed purpose to "opcn out tht
channels in natures great arteries, that
the ife-buOd of commerce may flow free
ly."
We are not enemies of railroads, navi-
gable ana irrigatng canals, nor of any
corporation that will advance our indus
trial interests, nor of any laboring
classes